The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and oppression,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Four hundred top-decision makers listed the myriad looming threats to global security, including famine, terrorism, inequality, disease, poverty and climate change. Yet… — Margaret Catley-Carlson Copy Share Image
... legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property... Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The balancing of the budget will not in itself place a teaspoonful of milk in a hungry baby's stomach, or remove the… — John L. Lewis Copy Share Image
The spirit of rebellion can only exist in a society where a theoretical equality conceals great factual inequalities. The problem of rebellion,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The argument advanced by the supporters of the theory of hereditary transmission does not furnish a satisfactory explanation of the cause of… — Swami Abhedananda Copy Share Image
Great and good men and women stirred sugar into their coffee knowing that it had been picked by slaves. Kind, good ancestors… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
“The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine , and found people simple… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
If the global economy is unresponsive to people who feel left behind, if inequality continues to grow, then we could end up… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“It’s ridiculous – a girl steps out, goes dancing, gets her hair cut, decides to spend the summer in Italy and it’s… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
By defining the problem as 'hunger', the emergency food system is helping to direct our attention away from the more fundamental problem… — Janet Poppendieck Copy Share Image
In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the… — David Korten Copy Share Image
It is my belief that in our mad world where there is so much pain, rivalry, hatred, violence, inequality, and oppression, it… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
We have a reversal of a longstanding trend, from rising inequality across nations and constant or declining inequality within nations, to declining… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Our failure as a society to properly acknowledge and confront the psychological, social, and political effects of white privilege has perpetuated racial… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
It is not possible to have a strong, functioning business in a world of increasing inequality, poverty, and climate change. — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
All of my life and particularly throughout of my public career, I have been talking about the feminization of poverty. And one… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
It's really difficult for mainstream - let's say, cable outlets - to talk about things like income inequality, wealth inequality when the… — Ana Kasparian Copy Share Image
This world and life of ours are filled with inequalities. The worst possible use to make of this fact, however, is to… — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
If there is inequality, and that equates with colour, then I'm going to deal with it. — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
“How people themselves perceive what they are doing is not a question that interests me. I mean, there are very few people… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
All analysts spend half their time hunting through the literature for inequalities which they want to use and cannot prove. — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
Some of the anti-trade sentiment is the result of rising wealth inequality and stagnating real wages. — Arancha Gonzalez Copy Share Image
Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future. — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
